Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has launched an independent investigation into the death of a pregnant women's baby on Monday after she was repeatedly turned away from a central Queensland hospital. The hospital is also investigating the claims.

Emma Green's baby Waylan died after a week she first went into labor, said baby's grandmother Jane.

The government has announced its plan to freeze Medicare rebate at 2013 levels until June 30, 2014. This will lead the government to save $664 million. The tax break has been axed by the government to have nearly 800,000 Australians pay over $500 a year.

The AFL must have dreaded to face the media to release the latest batch of numbers for its drug testing. The numbers were not good and some referred it as devastating. CEO Andrew Demetriou could bring himself to unwillingly reveal the truth "disappointing".

The government has been criticized by a senior doctor, in charge of one of the Northern Ireland's busiest A&E units. He has disapproved the current approach of the officials towards emergency care.

As per a novel survey carried out by Macmillan Cancer Support, patients are not happy with the services provided to them in hospital.

A national-level campaign in order to raise the level of protection provided against measles is going to take place. One of the main aims of the campaign will be to target those one million children who had missed the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) jabs some 10 years back.

As per recent reports, it has been revealed that the number of dengue fever cases has increased three-fold among people returning from England, Wales and Northern Ireland in comparison to last year.

According to researchers, any woman who experiences hysterectomy, no matter with or without the amputation of ovaries at a young age; is certainly not at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

There seems to be a severe outbreak of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia. As per the report produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, due to some recent strains of this virus, one man had died and two others are critically ill.

According to WHO, other than these there are four more laboratory-confirmed cases of this infection, the novel coronavirus (NCoV).

Now people suffering from metastatic non-small cell lung cancer can live longer, without further deterioration of disease with the help of a tablet. Yes, Tarceva tablets have been approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to be used as early treatment for such people.